Hate speech v rossijskich sredstvach massovoj informacii na sovremennom etape

Abstract

It is beyond dispute that Russian aggression against Ukraine is also discernible at the linguistic level. In the context of military operations, any state engaged in aggressive behaviour will seek to disseminate propaganda that expresses hatred towards the target state. In the aforementioned case, it employs a moderate form of this type of discourse at the official level. Concurrently, a society that is prepared to disseminate hate speech reproduces in other forms. This article presents a comprehensive evaluation of the manifestation of hatred in Russian state media, with a detailed examination of this phenomenon in the comments of ordinary users. The content of these comments is entirely consistent with the key tenets of Russian propaganda, which have long held a prominent position in the country’s information landscape. The objective of this study is to identify the primary thematic domains and linguistic techniques employed in hate speech in Russian media, with illustrative examples provided.